News Summary

• The NHS’ Ten-Year Health Plan has productivity at its core.
• Trusts have been given a target of increasing productivity by 2% every year.
• Studies have shown that NHS productivity still hasn’t reached pre-COVID levels.
• NHS Staff Survey found that barely half of NHS workers felt they had adequate equipment to do their work.
• The NHS needs to be able to see its investments deliver meaningful capacity into the system.
• The time spent trying to manage this data — keeping it safe, consistent, accurate, and accessible to those who need it across the system — is time not spent delivering care.